After breaking up with my girlfriend, I became a Great Sage of the Demon Clan.

"Things may not be as simple as you think, teacher."

Han Yun understood.

"Yes, even at this point, the awakened ones in our country are still fighting amongst themselves."

Han Yun began to shake his head.

"There are so many states in turmoil. If everyone shares the spoils, we can all have enough to eat. Why fight to the death? I don't understand."

Zhou Yan rubbed his forehead.

Perhaps it was because he had seen too many big scenes, but Zhou Yan felt that he and Han Yun were not on the same wavelength. Han Yun thought that the current scene was an internal conflict between the awakened people who were hostile to Indiana, but Zhou Yan thought that it was the work of Zhongdou Xingjun.

Zhou Yan had seen Jiang Wanqing's wild ghost. As a demon-level awakened being, Jiang Wanqing's alluring ghost could only absorb mortals and awakened beings with low-level bloodlines.

Previously, Dongfang Shuo, who was drained of his life force at the love hotel, was actually a demigod, a demigod with a fairly high level of awakening.

To drain this demigod dry, one must either be a demon-attribute awakener with near-maximum awakening or a true god-awakener.

Jiang Wanqing, that low-level seductive ghost, couldn't possibly absorb Dongfang Shuo's vital energy.

As far as Zhou Yan knows, the only one who has awakened to this kind of power is Little Yama.

Whether it's the little girl/Central Ghost Emperor Xiao Yanjun herself, or the beautiful ghost Xiao Yanjun summoned by the Central Ghost Emperor, both are qualified to drain Dongfang Shuo dry.

So, does Zhongdou Xingjun want to frame Xiao Yanjun?

What's the point of framing someone?

Even if Little Yama really killed Dongfang Shuo, would those gods of the Indian Continent dare to go head-to-head with a top-tier true god?

Or is it an attempt to incite a conflict between the Four Divine Beasts and Little Yama?

Zhou Yan took out his phone.

Regardless, I should first tell Little Yama my thoughts, and make sure I don't fall for the schemes of that old fox, Zhongdou Xingjun.

On the other side, at the Su family mansion.

Su Changqing had just brought Dongfang Li back to his living room when his phone rang.

Su Changqing picked up his phone with a grin, answered the call, and asked...

"Has the murderer been found?"

"No, Mr. Su, I have bad news for you..."

A second later, Su Changqing's face turned as dark as it had ever been before.

……

Six p.m.

Mo Yu, the gibbon who had emerged from seclusion, walked along a snack street with his hands in his pockets.

With the recent easing of military restrictions, various industries and service sectors have gradually resumed operations, and the number of people on food streets has increased, with various stalls starting to open for business.

The gibbon walked to its favorite grilled squid stall, bought a few skewers of squid, and then went to a nearby stall to buy baked buns, sweet potatoes, and egg pancakes. Finally, it walked to a stall selling hot and sour soup, and while eating, it watched the highlights of the four-school competition on the outdoor display screen on the front of the large commercial building in the center of the food street.

These highlights include a fight between demigods from Indiana and Suzaku Academy, as well as top students from the four schools battling it out and showcasing their unique abilities.

People passing by on the food street occasionally stop to look around, chatting about their favorite idols who will be going to various riot-stricken states to rescue the people later.

Some people who considered themselves well-informed started discussing the competition among the four schools and who would win a top-ten spot.

"Have you seen the match predictions? Leng Qing from Suzaku Academy already has the highest win rate."

“I saw someone put up a list of the top ten in the competition, and the first place is Subi Jun from Indiana.”

"Hey, it seems like Dongfang Shuo confessed his feelings to Su Bijun. Just how beautiful do you think that woman is?"

"She must be very beautiful. Ah, it seems that Su Bijun will be making her debut in three days. If she's good-looking, I'll be her devoted admirer from now on."

The gibbon simply smiled upon hearing this.

These laymen don't know anything. They're just a bunch of people who choose who they like based on looks. The Long-Armed Ape is different; he truly knows how strong the disciples of the four academies and the powerful clans of other states really are.

The gibbon monkey also made comparisons. In the current four-school competition, the only ones who can match him or compete with him for the first place are Nine Phoenix Chu Daoyun, Heart Moon Fox Su Bijun, and Zhou Yan, who will not participate.

As a mage-type divine beast, Jiufeng had little in common with the Tongbi Ape. Xinyuehu, possessing the Golden Body of Incense, was not a melee-type beast, so the Tongbi Ape had no interest in talking to her. Only Zhou Yan...

After the gibbon emerged from seclusion, it discovered that Zhou Yan had actually done what it had done before: he had gone to its hometown and stolen Vice Principal Dongfang Yu.

He had only managed a draw with Han Yun, while Zhou Yan had truly beaten Dongfang Yu half to death.

Therefore, the students of the First Academy now all feel that Zhou Yan is better than themselves.

The gibbon was a little unconvinced and wanted to fight Zhou Yan, but during this time Zhou Yan was imprisoned for offending the Celestial caste in Indiana.

This is a bit troublesome. Should we wait until the four-school competition is over and wait for Zhou Yan outside the prison?

Should I wait for Zhou Yan to come out and then ask him to fight me?

The gibbon stuffed all the things it had bought into its belly with the hot and sour soup.

Still not full, the gibbon went to other stalls and bought some snacks, eating as it walked, until it reached the end of the snack street, at which point it was about 70% full.

After ordering more than ten meat pancakes from the last stall, the gibbon ate as it walked towards its hotel. However, it hadn't walked far when a girl in a white dress approached it from the deserted street.

The girl's features were as pure and holy as a fairy descended to earth, yet her body was as plump and juicy as a ripe peach, making one want to take a bite.

Her pure and innocent face combined with her alluring and sinister figure, along with the swaying motion of her body as she walked, made it impossible not to fix one's gaze on this young woman.

The gibbon, who was eating a meat pancake, glanced at the girl once, then once, then a second time, and then a third time.

After the third glance, the gibbon slightly opened its mouth, looking astonished.

The girl, whose beauty was beyond compare, walked past a street lamp. The interplay of shadow and light on her exquisite features conveyed beauty, desire, madness, joy, and adoration, obscuring the surrounding vehicles, roads, and flowerbeds, as if the whole world consisted of only her purest color.

"Ta Tata..."

The stunningly beautiful girl approached with delicate steps.

The shouts, cooking sounds, footsteps, and car horns from the food street behind the gibbon gradually faded away and disappeared.

The girl reached the third street lamp in front of the gibbon.

At this distance, she didn't seem to come alone; the darkness, light, colorful lights, square buildings, and distant sounds behind her changed with her movements.

All of this, all of her actions, seemed to manipulate the entire world; with a single thought, she could rise and fall.

The girl reached the second lamp in front of the gibbon.

The light illuminated the face of this stunningly beautiful girl like never before.

"Oh!"

The stunningly beautiful girl stomped her foot with unprecedented force, causing a crisp sound to echo from the ground.

The sound was like thunder.

The world around this girl, changing with her every step, spun, twisted, and then collapsed.

In the eyes of the gibbon, mountains and rivers seem to collapse, thunder roars for thousands of miles, and the heavens and earth are overturned.

Then, the Long-Armed Ape swung his fist, unleashing his commoner's punch at the collapsing mountains and rivers before him, where the earth split and the sky collapsed, and endless thunder roared.

"boom!"

The beautiful girl began to dissipate smoke from her abdominal cavity and eventually disappeared.

Everything before the gibbon's eyes returned to normal. The gibbon was back on an ordinary street, and the sounds of cooking, footsteps, and car horns filled its ears once more.

However, the gibbon was too lazy to look at its surroundings. Instead, it turned its head and looked at the lampshade of a street lamp ten meters away.

There sat the stunningly beautiful girl who had almost destroyed the world just moments before.

The stunningly beautiful young woman looked at the gibbon with a charming smile and praised it.

"You're amazing. I've completely broken down your defenses, yet you're still so arrogant."

The gibbon snorted and asked disdainfully.

"Was that an illusion?"

An illusion that can make you feel like the whole world is controlled by the enemy must be a top-tier illusion.

Where did this monster come from, capable of using such terrifying illusions?

The stunningly beautiful girl shook her head.

"It's not something that low-level."

The stunningly beautiful girl winked at the gibbon, looking like a playful little sister next door.

"You're so amazing, I'm starting to like you."

The gibbon puffed out its chest.

"Women will only slow down my punching speed."

The stunningly beautiful girl was all smiles.

"Yes, you are free from evil desires, which is why you were able to break free from my womb realm. Others may not be able to."

The beautiful girl's figure began to dissipate.

"Is this the level of the top four schools? Hehe, not that strong, but it is indeed much better than those few dregs from before."

"Yeah, it's not that you're not strong, it's that I'm too strong. I really am the most manly man in the world."

The stunningly beautiful girl has completely disappeared.

The gibbon opposite continued stuffing meat pancakes into its mouth, talking as it ate.

"Where did this crazy woman come from, looking for someone to fight in the middle of the night? She's really strong though."

10 PM.

A white Omar-branded car drove out of Zhongzhou City, passed through the disaster-stricken area, and arrived at an abandoned factory on the outskirts of the city.

Omar's car stopped in front of the factory gate, where it was covered with weeds.

Dongfang Li, Su Changqing, Zhou Yan, and Han Yun got out of the car one after another.

Han Yun, who got off the car, gave Zhou Yan a look. Zhou Yan was about to use his eyesight to test the safety of the abandoned factory when Su Changqing, who got off the car after Zhou Yan, didn't say anything. He wrapped his body in his willpower and rushed into the abandoned factory with light.

Han Yun said with some surprise.

"So confident?"

What exactly are Su Changqing's trump cards? He went in without even letting us probe the way.

Aren't you afraid there might be a trap inside?

Zhou Yan shook his head.

"It's not confidence, it's anxiety."

Han Yun didn't understand.

"Shouldn't you be calmer the more anxious you are?"

Zhou Yan closed his eyes and used his Extreme Vision to simulate rushing into the abandoned factory. He opened his eyes a few seconds later.

Seeing this, Han Yun asked curiously.

"What did you hear?"

Zhou Yan smiled wryly.

"We're still a step too late."

There was a mummified corpse inside the abandoned factory, holding a cell phone in its hand. Zhou Yan used his omniscient ability to look at it.

The cell phone belonged to Dongfang Shuo, the first mummy discovered. It was also the WeChat account that sent photos and information about Zhang Ye's pregnancy in the Zhang family group chat.

Ten seconds later, Su Changqing, his ethereal and otherworldly demeanor gone, emerged with a cold expression, clutching a cell phone in a plastic bag.

Dongfang Li, who was waiting, stepped forward and asked.

"Uncle Su, inside..."

Su Changqing sighed.